{"id":3423,"date":"2018-01-03T13:51:42","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T18:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.logika-usa.com\/2017\/?p=3423"},"modified":"2018-01-03T13:51:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T18:51:42","slug":"does-your-work-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.logika-usa.com\/2017\/does-your-work-work\/","title":{"rendered":"does your work, work?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the not-too-distant past professional success was a pretty straightforward proposition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>go to the right school<\/li>\n<li>get a job with the right company<\/li>\n<li>climb the corporate ladder for the next few decades<\/li>\n<li>step off the treadmill\u00a0into a secure retirement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It didn&#8217;t really matter how meaningful or satisfying. Work was the price you paid to\u00a0earn the rewards you needed to do the things you wanted. The result: a disengaged, disenfranchised\u00a0workforce (<a href=\"http:\/\/news.gallup.com\/poll\/188144\/employee-engagement-stagnant-2015.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see the data from Gallup<\/a>). I hear hiring managers and business leaders complaining all the time about how &#8220;millennials\u00a0don&#8217;t want to work&#8221;. I&#8217;ve found that it&#8217;s not that they don&#8217;t want to work, they just don&#8217;t want to work in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>Not too long ago I was talking\u00a0to a group of young professionals who all had what they consider to be good jobs with good companies. The most common comment was summed up when one person said &#8220;I&#8217;m 28 and I&#8217;ve gone as far as I can go with this company.<\/p>\n<p>I know several small business founders who have found a way to make the living they want and don&#8217;t want to grow their business anymore. They like the &#8220;family&#8221; atmosphere they have now and just want to keep their current employees and current way of working. The challenge will be keeping those employees engaged as their\u00a0professional\u00a0aspirations grow.<\/p>\n<p>A participant in one of my mastermind groups summed it up best when he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I want work that is personally satisfying in an enviornment of challangeing but reasonable expectatons with minimum drama.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s not a millennial thing, it&#8217;s not a boomer, Gen-Z, or any specific demographic thing. It&#8217;s a human thing! I&#8217;ve checked. I even did some original research on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>At Logika, we&#8217;re developing programs and resources to work with people who want to create meaningful work and professionals who want to fully commit to being a part of that kind of work ecosystem &#8211; as freelancers, contractors, consultants, as well as employees.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re putting the finishing touches on some new resources: creating challenging, engaging, meaningful work without drama. We want to make sure we don&#8217;t leave anything important out. SO:<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s your #1 question about how to be a part of work that is meaningful and compelling without drama and unrealistic\u00a0expectations? I&#8217;d love to see your thoughts in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the not-too-distant past professional success was a pretty straightforward proposition: go to the right school get a job with the right company climb the corporate ladder for the next few decades step off the treadmill\u00a0into a secure retirement It didn&#8217;t really matter how meaningful or satisfying. 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